Product review: Tea cozies and hot pads

Granny’s Tea Cozies
Retail and wholesale
Photo courtesy of Granny’s Tea Cozies

Let’s face it: If you make your tea in a traditional English style teapot, you’ve got to have a good cozy to keep the tea in the pot hot until you drink it. Not to mention that an elegant cozy that complements your tea ware adds so much to the tea table.

This company’s slogan is “We Specialize in Pretty,” and they’re not kidding. The shape, the fabrics, and the festive ribbon ties all really are very pretty.

Generally at home I like a popover cozy, but when space is tight — whether at home or especially in a tea room — these “snuggle” or “bachelor” cozies make so much more sense. And extra credit, of course, when they look good doing it.

These cozies can be adjusted to fit almost any teapot, so even if you have different sized pots you won’t really need more than one — although you’ll want more anyway. But …surprise! Each cozy is reversible, so you actually get two cozies for the price of one. My cozy is a gorgeous dark red botanical design reversing to a complementary toile pattern similar to the one pictured above.

Now here’s the proverbial icing on the cake: each cozy is available (at a slight additional charge) with a matching — and yes, reversible — scented hot pad. Wrap up your teapot with the cozy, then set it onto the hot pad; the heat from the pot coaxes out a delightful scent of fresh baking. The four-channeled pad is not over-filled, so your pot sinks in just enough to keep it stable.

Well-made and washable, they’ll keep your tea hot, and they’re just plain pretty. What more could you ask for?

Granny’s Tea Cozies also carries a selection of teapots, tea serving ware and accessories, and elegant little teapot-shaped night lights. Online retail ordering; resellers and tea room owners need to sign up for an account to access the site’s wholesale pages.

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